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Solution for the mountain riddle

└ posted on Tuesday, 24 December 2013, by Novil

Over 100 readers have given their guess for the supposed height of the mountain I posted last week. I’m sure its actual height will surprise a lot of people: It’s around 400 meter (1300 feet) high from the base to the top! It’s a peak in the Sierra Nevada in California and called The Incredible Hulk. It’s a favorite destination of rock climbers. Two of our readers recognized the mountain and so their guesses were naturally among the best ones. Here is a great photo taken by Nic Risser, illustrated by Mark Porter Thomas, and posted on Steph Abegg’s climbing blog which shows the mountain’s dimensions much better although it was taken from almost the same position:

Here is the list of all given guesses converted to meters. I’d say every guess over 100 meter (330 feet) was already going into the right direction; every guess above 200 meter (660 feet) was quite good; and every guess between 300 and 550 meter (1000 to 1800 feet) was basically correct.